Collegeville man has car stolen on New Year's Eve

LOWER PROVIDENCE – Police responded to reports of a theft from a motor vehicle around 3 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.

According to police reports, a car parked on the 1000 block of Doris Drive in Collegeville, owned by a 55-year old man, had $260 stolen out of it.

The victim told police he stashed cash in his car, but could not recall if he had locked it or not.

The car is a gray, 2004 Nissan Altima. He told police that on Monday morning, he discovered someone had entered his vehicle, ransacked three console compartments and left items strewn about the interior of the car.

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The victim stated he had deliberately hidden the cash in his car. An investigation is under way.

Copper piping stolen from Collegville building

LOWER PROVIDENCE – Police on routine patrol caught a theft in progress on New Year’s Eve, after they spotted a length of rope hanging from a rear door of the Collegeville Inn, a now abandoned building located at 4000 Ridge Pike, Collegeville.

When police approached the location and yanked on the rope, they were able to see it allowed access to the building, which has been vacant for some time. Directly inside the doorway was a large amount of copper piping, but no one was on premises. Officer reportedly waited in the parking lot for whoever it was to return and retrieve the piping.

At 10:50 a.m., police observed a maroon Ford Expedition pull into the parking lot of the Collegeville Inn. Two white males exited the vehicle and proceeded to load the copper piping into the rear of the Expedition. When police approached with service weapons drawn, both males jumped in the car and sped away, headed westbound on Ridge Pike. Shortly thereafter, both suspects, Kenneth Holmes, 43, of the 3800 block of Germantown Pike, Collegeville and Gerald Salvo, 42, of the 1200 block of Swede Street, had been apprehended and were in custody.

A search of the Expedition yielded the finding of three hypodermic needles and about $300 worth of copper piping. Both suspects charged with burglary.

Generator stolen in Eagleville

LOWER PROVIDENCE – A 45-year old woman reported to police someone had stolen a generator from the rear of her parents’ home on Dec. 28.

The home, on the 100 block of Oaklyn Avenue, Eagleville, had housed a Generac – GP Series, 5500-watt generator had been under a tarp on the back deck. By the next day, Dec. 29, the generator had gone missing.

Police have no suspects in this case, though an investigation is pending. The generator is worth approximately $1,100.

Diesel fuel stolen from Rittenhouse Pumping

WEST NORRITON – The day after Christmas, an employee of the Rittenhouse Pumping gas station called police with reports of a possible theft of diesel fuel from the car yard behind the station.

Around 10:40 a.m., the employee told police he was at the gas station working on Christmas Eve and remembered the gas tank read it was ¾ full. On Christmas Day, the tank reportedly was missing about 100 to 150 gallons of diesel fuel, valued at $4 a gallon, or a total of $400 to $600.

The man told police he believed the suspect(s) cut a link out a chain securing the pad lock to the gate because it was spun in a different direction, indicating to him that someone cut a link off the chain to gain access. An investigation is pending.

Copper piping stolen from condemned homes

NORRISTOWN – A resident of a home on the 600 block of West Lafayette Street called police on Thursday with reports of a theft to a nearby home.

According to police reports, just before 3 p.m., the woman stated she noticed an open back door at 607 and 609 West Lafayette Street – both homes which are condemned due to fire damage. She told police the door(s) had been pried open and an unknown amount of copper piping had been removed from both addresses.

Code enforcement was notified of the damage to have the building re-secured and an investigation is pending.

Vehicle stolen on Stanbridge Street

NORRISTOWN – On Thursday around 10:45 a.m., the owner of a 2011 gold Toyota Corolla reported it missing from out front of his home on the 500 block of Stanbridge Street.

The victim, a 67-year old male, told police that sometime between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m., a suspect stole his car. The man said he is the only person with a set of keys to the vehicle and the vehicle was secure at the time of the theft. An investigation is pending.

Towne Manor West reports cash till theft

EAST NORRITON – On Dec. 26 around 2 p.m., police responded to Towne Manor West, at 205 East Johnson Highway for a report of a theft. On location, police met with a manager who advised someone had removed $342 of petty cash from a cash till. The cash is usually kept in a locked till, but the lock had been broken for some time.